My wife and I both are getting tired of Survivor bringing back the same people and, in some cases, over and over. We're looking forward to this summer's Big Brother since it's rumored to be all new players!

I don't have any issue with returning players. Nothing guarantees that new players are any better. Every combination of players is a new game with different dynamics. I enjoy seeing how returning players handle the game with some experience on their side, as well as fresh faces. I just enjoy the game, basically.

My wife and I both are getting tired of Survivor bringing back the same people and, in some cases, over and over. We're looking forward to this summer's Big Brother since it's rumored to be all new players!

I get why they like to bring back known players, in that they are hoping to be working with a person with known/editable entertainment value.

I also hate it as it takes away some of the "Hey, I should apply to be on Survivor" when you see the same people getting on the show and when the "new" people are either retreads of old players or plain old shill/actors that were recruited.

I would love to be on Survivor, but I guess I need to come up with something kooky about me ("I raise llamas, might be insane and I speak with an unintelligible yet folksy accent") or just embrace that at 42 I would fall into the requisite "Old Guy for TV" slot.

This!!! Do they have such little faith that people won't watch if they have new players that they keep casting the same players over and over again? There's a problem with doing that. You get players who won't play necessarily to win, but to get invited back again. Rupert, for example has lost 3x and yet, here he is again. I liked him the first 2x but enough is enough. I like the premise, but they could just as easily do it with new players.

I wonder if there were ever REAL people for these types of shows. I always look at the "from" and they are usually from Minnesota or New Jersey or Texas or wherever and they you read their bio and in so many cases it says, now resides in Laguna Beach or Irvine or Woodland Hills or some other place in SoCal. I think the majorityof these players are out of work actors looking for a gig and this is their way of getting facetime.

As for Colton...him being on has got me considering if I'm going to watch. But I admit, I'm curious to see Gervaise. I liked him the first season. I wonder if Colton is back because they need a gay couple to round out the diversity and he's available. We also know that villains get people to watch. But is he TOO much of a villain to turn people off? I bet not.

I'm sure originally there were real people, for any of these shows. The first time around for a reality show, no one knows what to expect, and in the early days of reality TV, no one even had other shows to learn from. That's what made the original Survivor so interesting: it was all fresh and new and no one was scrambling for alliances on day 1 (except maybe Hatch). The job classification of "professional reality show contestant" didn't exist yet.

I miss those days, and I'm excited when a new type of competition reality show start up.

I don't have any issue with returning players. Nothing guarantees that new players are any better. Every combination of players is a new game with different dynamics. I enjoy seeing how returning players handle the game with some experience on their side, as well as fresh faces. I just enjoy the game, basically.

This. I don't think I can ever stop watching.

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I wonder if there were ever REAL people for these types of shows. I always look at the "from" and they are usually from Minnesota or New Jersey or Texas or wherever and they you read their bio and in so many cases it says, now resides in Laguna Beach or Irvine or Woodland Hills or some other place in SoCal. I think the majorityof these players are out of work actors looking for a gig and this is their way of getting facetime.t.

This!!! Do they have such little faith that people won't watch if they have new players that they keep casting the same players over and over again? There's a problem with doing that. You get players who won't play necessarily to win, but to get invited back again. Rupert, for example has lost 3x and yet, here he is again. I liked him the first 2x but enough is enough. I like the premise, but they could just as easily do it with new players.

Agree, but I've had enough of the first batch and never want to see Colton again.

Maybe, if they want to bring back the old timers, they should do it like they did Big Brother last season and bring them back as coaches (but skip where they can get back in the game). I think it could be fun to see BR coach one team and someone like Coach or even Russell coach another. Philip talked a lot about how he was influenced by BR. So why not use that as a premise?

I'm SO tired of seeing the same people over and over on these shows. Not just the ones coming back to play again but the ones who have come from other reality shows too. I might have to pass on this season.